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The Humli-Khyampas of far western Nepal are a little known Nepalese ethnic group. They belong to one of the several Tibetan-speaking communities in the Himalayan belt who are known in the Nepalese language as Bhotyas, a term reflecting their cultural affinities with the Tibetan people. The study of this group's economy and social organisation shows that the Humli-Khyampas are a relatively...
Tibetan culture views becoming old in a positive way, as a time when the cares and worries of managing a household are lessened and shifted to one's child or children. Ageing is seen ideally as a process of disengagement from everyday worldly concerns. It is a time when persons devote more time and attention to acquiring merit by religious activities in preparation for the future, i.e. for the...
Social and economic development in Nepal involves a complex web of technological and social change, particularly in the areas of transport and communications. New ideas, technology, goods and services have traditionally flowed outward to the rural hinterlands from such central places as Kathmandu and Pokhara in the hills and northward from such lowland Terai entrepots as Biratnagar,...
To the countries adjacent to it, including Nepal to the south, Tibet has never been the closed and mysterious land it has characteristically been for more distant peoples, particularly Westerners. In fact, the entire social, cultural, and economic history of Tibet is inextricably bound up with that of its neighbours. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, Nepal shared greater cultural...
accounts of fertility variations across cultures increasingly have come to be formulated in terms of relative value of children to their parents. This value has been examined in diverse spheres of life and in different social environments, principally by economists and psychologists who are concerned to identify and measure specific benefits and costs entailed. The apparent attractiveness of...
This paper attempts to analyse the river names of the Nepal Valley from an ethnolinguistic perspective. The river is an unmistakeable element in the topography of any settlement, more so in agricultural settlements where the river may be their life-line. River names are, therefore, an important index to the linguistic, cultural and above all, ethnographic history of a settlement.
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Throughout history, poets and monarchs have lived by reciprocal performances. In the past, poets were always in search of a contemporary great king, reflected in the quest of Balmiki, the first poet in the beginning of his Adikavya. Great epics of the world invariably started in praise of great heroes and in Sanskrit, the hero of an epic, by rule has to be a royal one.
In Nepal...
Wedged between India and Tibet, Nepal has enjoyed an independent political existence from the very earliest times. The boundaries of modern Nepal fixed in the 18th century touch on Sikkim to the east, Kumaon in the west, roughly enclosing an area of 500 miles in length. Its breadth however, does not exceed 150 miles, which occurs only at a few points.
Nepal's ethnic diversity is rich;...
The basic purpose of this paper is two-fold. The first is to sketch certain dominant substantive and epistemological biases embedded in the institution and practice of social research in Nepal. The second is to forward a few tentative suggestions towards making social research speak more directly on the limitations, hopes and fears of the Nepali people.
The paper is made up of five...
<p>Over the past few decades, Bhutan has seen tremendous developments, stemming in part from modern education. At the same time the country has endeavoured to preserve its culture and identity. However, whereas modern education makes the younger generation think in new terms and concepts, the essence of culture is still presented in essentially the same way as in the past. As a result...
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